Best chance of beating Beterbiev.
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Are you ****** or Rtarded??? Fkn Canelo is 29 you dope! How do you age someone when you like 8 years younger???
He ducked by not being BORN earlier right??? Ducked all the greats that way right???
This clown White MenTAL is a fkn JOKEComment
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Kovalev has a puncher's chance. Beterbiev has been down by lesser fighters, Kovalev can keep him down. I don't consider the Canelo fight. That was a clear fix, in my honest opinion. Kovalev came for a sparring session and took a real convincing dive. He wilfully walked into that last punch after winning almost every round on my card. He catches Beterbiev after controlling the fight with that top-notch jab. Kovalev has one of the best jabs in the business, and it has some serious sting on it. If he darts that jab to the body, he has a real good chance of winning that fight.
Bivol, a decent and skillful boxer, he doesn't have the firepower of Kovalev or the feet to give the type of angles that Gvozdov did. While he may not get stopped, he gets outworked. Beterbiev just outpaces him in that fight.Comment
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I wanted to green K but it wouldn't let me. As always, an in-depth and objective breakdown. I think you touch on a fine point mentioning the amateur program over there. You make a living with it and enjoy celebrity status among the elite as opposed to the US fighters and other countries that dominate the professional landscape.Honestly idk or don't recall his back story with not turning pro sooner with such a crazy amateur record (5 L's with 300ish fights iirc). He mighta been hoping to have a better 2012 Olympics than he did after losing in 2008 idk.
There is more of a culture of amateur boxing & more ability to make a living at it where he's from from my understanding so that could be part of it. Also as a foreign guy it's probably not the easiest to make connections as a non-Olympic medal winner to make a deal that makes sense even with a crazy ass amateur record. Why risk a sustainable career as a paid amateur with a likely career path in your country for the risk with making money & physical risks of pro boxing?
There may be a bit of organized crime influence on the politics there that make it very lucrative and easier for everyone to get away with when you keep it behind closed doors, more than the corruption in North America would allow.Comment
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